Harness-saddle



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I J. T. GURNEY'.

HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 280,739. Patented July 3, 1883.

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HARNESSv SADDLE.

No. 280,739. PatentedJuly 3, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

J. THEODORE GURNEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,739, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed April 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that I,.J. THEODORE GURNEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Mas sachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in HarnessSadd1es, of which made ornamented or to carry the check-rein holder. At B B it is provided with eyes, throughwhich the reins pass. A

C 0 represent flanges or side walls dropping downward from the cover A. They conform in general shape to the shape of the top part, concealing entirely the devices which are arranged below or inside of the tree.

At D D D anti-friction rollers are mounted, the one at D being in the center and those at D D at or near the ends of the tree. Over these pass the back-strap E, which, at the lower end, carries the thill-tugs, in the usual manner.

E E represent the saddle-pads. They are pivotally connected at e e to the tree. I make the pads with top plates, F, of metal, and a soft cushion material, F, below, the latter being secured to the plates F by means of a sheet of leather inclosing the whole, or in any other suitable way.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1 the pivots e e, by means of which the pads E E are connected to the tree, furnish also the axis for the lower anti-friction rollers, D D. WVhen the parts are thus arranged, the construction is simplified, the motions of the tree and saddle relative to each other are permitted, and the supports for the anti-friction rollers are provided by the same devices.

In Fig. 3 there is shown a construction in which the pad-plate is hinged upon-one line and the roller is mounted upon another. In

this case the pivot e of the pad-plate should be as low as possible, to permit the free move ment of the strap.

As the tree is pivotally connected with the pads, it readily adapts itself to the horse, whatever position it may take to the right or to the left, and as the back-strap rests upon the anti-friction rollers, the movements of the tree in one direction or the other are readily permitted, the resistance being obviated, which is experienced when the strap is rigidly connected to the tree.

Inasmuch as the tree is constructed with a top or cover and depending flan es, all of the devices which are directly attached to it can be concealed thereunder. As a result, I can produce a harness of a neat and ornamental character, and at the same time one having all of the advantages that are incident to those in which the tree can move readily relatively to the back-strap and the latter relatively to the tree.

I am aware of the fact that saddles of various sorts have been made having the pad-plates pivoted thereto, and I am also aware that cartsaddles have been made with anti-friction rollers exposed laterally and upwardly, and I do not claim, broadly, either of these devices as my invention; but I do not know that any saddle has been heretofore used embodying the features which I have herein shown, the saddle which I produce being specially adapted for use with the two-wheeled cabs or vehicles used for passenger transportation in the cities, this saddle being not only much more ornamental than those heretofore used, but, moreover, insures a greater ease and smoothness of motion than any with which I am acquainted. the part 6, which supports the pivoted padplate, is arranged out of line of the back-strap, it in one case having the friction-roller interposed between it and said strap, and in the other being situated so low as to avoid contact.

What I claim is- In both forms of device shown 1. In a harness-saddle, the combination of 5 the pad-plates, the tree having the downwardly-extended walls or flanges O O, and having a tight wall or cover between said downwardlyextending Walls or flanges, and the anti-fliction rollers mounted in said tree and concealed beneath the wall A, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the pad-plates, ot' the tree having anti-friction rollers mounted therein, the downwardly-extended flanges or supports for said rollers, and a cover or wall, A, between the downwardly extending flanges or roller-supports, said parts being arranged, substantially as set forth, to conceal the rollers and that portion of the backstrap lying upon or in the tree.

3. In a harness-saddle, the combination oi. the tree, the pad-plates pivoted or hinged thereto and arranged to rock relatively thercto when in use, and the anti-friction rollers mounted on the axes of the pad plate, substantially as set forth.

4. In a harnesssaddle, the combination of the padplates F, the tree having anti-friction rollers for the back-strap, a pivot extendingfrom one side of the tree to the other for con necting the said pad-plate to the tree, and which is situated out of the line of the backstrap to avoid contact of the latter therewith, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the tree having downwardly-proieeting supports or flanges, antil'rietion rollers mounted in the tree for the backstrap, the pad-plates, the pivotal support on the tree for the pad-plate, and the connecting devices carried by the pad-plate and loosely attached to the pivot, and situated between the vertical planes of the downwardly-extended supports or flanges, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

J. THEODORE GURNEY.

Witnesses: A. J. S'rRoU'r,

HENRY H. PAGE. 

